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"With Chicken Small, Cory Doctorow demonstrates that science-fiction is alive and kicking. If there’s grounds for that, it’s since SF isn’t about the near future at all, but about the limitless ability of people to develop in remarkable ways."Graham Edwards, Dream author"Cory Doctorow’s novella ‘Chicken Little’ [.] does a great job of updating and commenting on a few of the styles that advised Pohl & Kornbluth’s traditional book 'The Space Merchants'. Doctorow’s up-to-date high tech take on Pohl’s take on Jonathan Swift’s 'struldbrugs,wi creatures who've immortality but not eternal youth, continuing to age through their prolonged lives, is particularly ingenious. I wouldn’t be amazed to find out that one appear on a honor poll following year."Gardner Dozois, Locus MagazineA tale with an item custom, jetpacks and an immortal quadrillionaire residing in a vat."Chicken Little" also appears in the selection "With a Little Assist".ABOUT THE AUTHORCory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of Tor Teenagers/HarperCollins UK novels like "For The Win" and the bestselling "Little Brother".